Curtain rod supporting bracket



Dec. 13, 1960 N. RINALDI CURTAIN ROD SUPPORTING BRACKET Filed April 29, 1958 INVENTOR NIChOIGS Rinqldi TTORNEY United States Patent CURTAIN ROD SUPPORTING BRACKET Nicholas Rinaldi, Waterbury, Conn., assignor to Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Conn., 21 corporation of Connecticut Filed Apr. 29, 1958, Ser. No. 731,667

1 Claim. (Cl. 248-265) This invention relates to a support bracket and particularly to one adapted to support a curtain rod.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a curtain rod supporting bracket consisting of only two pieces and made from flat sheet metal stock for the purpose of providing a bracket which is simple in construction, economical in cost and manufacture, and efficient in operation.

A further object is to provide a support bracket of the above nature which may be readily adjustable for supporting a rod at predetermined positions from a Window frame or the like.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the following description of the device with one embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a curtain rod support bracket embodying my invention and showing it in use;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same;

Fig. 3 is perspective views of two parts of the support bracket in detached position; and,

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing how the movable part of the bracket is oriented for assembly purposes.

Referring now to the drawing, the reference numeral designates a supporting piece of the bracket and 11 is an adjustable piece of the bracket. As pointed out above, the bracket is designed with a View of making it from sheet metal stock with interfitted portions for holding the two-piece bracket in adjusted position.

The supporting piece 11 of the bracket consists of a horizontally extending arm 12 having an integral attaching plate 13 at one end normal to the plane of the arm. The plate 13 is provided with piercings 14 through which nails or screws 15 may be driven for the purpose of rigidly securing the supporting piece 10 to a support 16 as shown in Fig. 1.

The horizontal arm 12 is formed with a longitudinal central slot 17, and three pairs of diametrically opposed notches or openings 18, 19 and 20 are cut in the opposite edges of said arm and equally spaced therealong-the first set of notches 18 being positioned adjacent the attaching plate 13.

The adjustable piece 11 consists of a fiat body 21 adapted to overlap the horizontal arm 12 of the support piece 10, and the outer end of the body 21 is formed with a U-shaped hook 22 of less Width than the body and positioned below the plane of the body while the terminal end of said hook preferably extends slightly above the plane of said body. The opposite or inner end of the body 21 is formed with a T-shaped extension 23 consisting of a central neck 24 integral with one end of the body 21 and terminating in a cross bar 25. The neck 24 is bent downwardly from the body 21 and formed with a U-shaped bend so as to dispose the cross bar 23 below the arm 12 when the T-shaped extension 23 is inserted through the. slot 17. The neck 24 is of the Width adapted to have a free sliding fit in the central slot 17 when positioned crosswise thereof. The opposite ends of the cross bar are formed with upstanding locking lugs 26 that are to fit in the side notches 18, 19 or 20.

In assembling the two-piece bracket together, the adjustable piece 11 should first be positioned relative to the supporting piece 10, such as shown in Fig. 4; i.e., with the body 21 of the piece 11 biased upwardly from the arm 12 and the neck 24 of the T-shaped extension 23 extending through the slot 17 with its cross bar 25 disposed below said arm after which the piece 11 is given a twist and allowed to hinge downwardly toward the arm 12.

By aligning and interfitting the locking lugs 26 within any one of the sets of notches 18, 19, and 20, the flat body of the adjustable piece 11 will lie flat against the upper surface of the arm 12 with the upper edge of the cross bar 25 abutted against the undersurface of said arm as a stop. When thus assembled, the two-piece bracket may be assembled to a support frame 16, such as shown in Fig. 1 where it is illustrated as supporting the center portion of a curtain rod 27. It will be noted that when the locking lugs 26 are located in any of the sets of notches 18, 19 or 20 of the support piece 21, they provide for an interconnection of elements that not only holds the bracket parts against longitudinal movement but also holds them in axial alignment against lateral movement relative to each other.

In order to adjust the supporting bracket so as to accommodate the different positions that the rod 27 may be set away from the frame 16, it is first necessary to bias the adjustable piece 11 upwardly from the horizontal arm 12 to the position shown in dotted outline in Fig. 2 for the purpose of clearing the lugs 26 from the latched position after which the adjustable piece may he slid lengthwise of said arm to anyone of the three positions as determined by the notches 18, 19 and 20, and with the lugs 26 extending upwardly therethrough for locking the two-piece bracket against relative longitudinal movement.

While one form of the invention is presented herein for the purpose of exemplification, it will be appreciated that the invention is susceptible of embodiment in other structural modified forms coming equally within the scope of the appended claim, as for instance, the drawing shows the bracket for supporting the central portion of a curtain rod but the bracket could be equally adapted for supporting the opposite ends of the curtain rod.

I claim:

A curtain rod supporting bracket consisting of two porting means at its outer end and a reduced T-shaped extension at its inner end, said T-shaped extension consisting of a neck portion, a cross bar and locking lugs lying in the same plane as said cross bar and extending beyond the terminal edge of said bar, said neck portion having an intermediate U-bend that serves to position the cross bar and its integral lugs in a plane perpendicular to the adjustable piece body, said U-bend extending through the slot in said support arm and adapted to position the terminal edge of said cross bar in abutted contact with the underside of said arm and with the locking lugs engaged in said openings to lock said adjustable piece against longitudinal movement relative to said stationary piece when the body of said adjustable piece is in contiguous overlying relation with said arm.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 375,981 Bement Jan. 3, 1888 476,446 Brothwell June 7, 1892 1,024,349 Mattern Apr. 23, 1912 1,329,249 Leach Jan. 27, 1920 

